David Avallone
@davallone.bsky.social
Writer and stuff. Comics and tv and film. The second-best dressed man in #comics.
The Devil doesn't need advocates: advocate for humans, instead. He/him.
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HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writer’s Guide/Prologue | David Avallone
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I've been kicking around the idea of putting together something about the process of writing comics... and today I have pulled the trigger and put out the first part, or prologue, to HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writers Guide.
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I appreciate Ruben G for making my choice to support Swalwell for Governor much, much easier.
My instincts were right about him 🤷🏽♀️
The senator also made disparaging comments about the appearance of democrats, writing, "Dem women look like Dem men and Dem men look like women."
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The senator also made disparaging comments about the appearance of democrats, writing, "Dem women look like Dem men and Dem men look like women."
www.abc15.com/news/nationa...
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I appreciate Ruben G for making my choice to support Swalwell for Governor much, much easier.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen—
John Williams
Pete Townshend
They Might Be Giants
The B-52s
The Smithereens
John Williams
Pete Townshend
They Might Be Giants
The B-52s
The Smithereens
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen—
John Williams
Pete Townshend
They Might Be Giants
The B-52s
The Smithereens
John Williams
Pete Townshend
They Might Be Giants
The B-52s
The Smithereens
Honestly, I don’t like doing public posts about other people in “the arts” that are negative. I don’t know if you’ve noticed.
I do make a few exceptions, like for the guy who threw Harvey Weinstein a bachelor party decades after his own girlfriend told him all about Harvey.
I do make a few exceptions, like for the guy who threw Harvey Weinstein a bachelor party decades after his own girlfriend told him all about Harvey.
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Honestly, I don’t like doing public posts about other people in “the arts” that are negative. I don’t know if you’ve noticed.
I do make a few exceptions, like for the guy who threw Harvey Weinstein a bachelor party decades after his own girlfriend told him all about Harvey.
I do make a few exceptions, like for the guy who threw Harvey Weinstein a bachelor party decades after his own girlfriend told him all about Harvey.
Breaking: Weird Al thinks Mad Magazine sucks for relying too much on parody.
Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino has said The Hunger Games "ripped off" Battle Royale, and expressed surprise that the Japanese writer of the cult classic original didn’t sue The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. https://bit.ly/44fDUkf
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Breaking: Weird Al thinks Mad Magazine sucks for relying too much on parody.
Tarantino, who never saw an old movie he couldn’t rip for content, is the most hilarious spokesman for this message.
Self-awareness is a great virtue. He has never been burdened with it.
Self-awareness is a great virtue. He has never been burdened with it.
Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino has said The Hunger Games "ripped off" Battle Royale, and expressed surprise that the Japanese writer of the cult classic original didn’t sue The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. https://bit.ly/44fDUkf
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Tarantino, who never saw an old movie he couldn’t rip for content, is the most hilarious spokesman for this message.
Self-awareness is a great virtue. He has never been burdened with it.
Self-awareness is a great virtue. He has never been burdened with it.
This is the first time I’ve watched the Macy’s parade with an eye open for a commercial I declined to audition for because the money was insulting.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the first time I’ve watched the Macy’s parade with an eye open for a commercial I declined to audition for because the money was insulting.
Reposted by David Avallone
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who follows and supports the arts and writing!
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who follows and supports the arts and writing!
In this lovely piece, @travisadork.bsky.social says some lovely things about me, among others. Thanks, Travis!
In This Month's Geeky Parent Guide, Fanbase Press' @travisadork.bsky.social Shares Some Love for the Folks He's Thankful for…
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Geeky Parent Guide: Sharing Some Love - What We’re Thankful for… - Fanbasepress
Being thankful for what’s around us can be an easy thing to overlook. Whether we’re busy with work, filled with worry from simply being a parent or constant
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November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In this lovely piece, @travisadork.bsky.social says some lovely things about me, among others. Thanks, Travis!
Exactly this.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Exactly this.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
I don’t want to hire a robot to kiss my wife or eat ice cream for me, either. Writing is on the long list of things I love and won’t outsource.
Blaine is right.
If you’re not following Blaine, follow Blaine.
If you’re not following Blaine, follow Blaine.
the best way to deal with conservative family members on Thanksgiving is to spend the day somewhere else with people you like
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Blaine is right.
If you’re not following Blaine, follow Blaine.
If you’re not following Blaine, follow Blaine.
If you know someone who’s interested in the topic… feel free to share with them.
I've been kicking around the idea of putting together something about the process of writing comics... and today I have pulled the trigger and put out the first part, or prologue, to HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writers Guide.
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writer’s Guide/Prologue | David Avallone
Get more from David Avallone on Patreon
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November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you know someone who’s interested in the topic… feel free to share with them.
I've been kicking around the idea of putting together something about the process of writing comics... and today I have pulled the trigger and put out the first part, or prologue, to HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writers Guide.
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writer’s Guide/Prologue | David Avallone
Get more from David Avallone on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I've been kicking around the idea of putting together something about the process of writing comics... and today I have pulled the trigger and put out the first part, or prologue, to HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writers Guide.
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
I will repeat til the end of time, the Vonnegut quote from MOTHER NIGHT:
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.
Friends,
If I have never communicated with you before about anything ever,
And your first communication with me about anything ever is extremely troll-like,
My first thought is going to be "that's a troll," not "that person is on my side but is cleverly perfectly satirizing a troll"
If I have never communicated with you before about anything ever,
And your first communication with me about anything ever is extremely troll-like,
My first thought is going to be "that's a troll," not "that person is on my side but is cleverly perfectly satirizing a troll"
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I will repeat til the end of time, the Vonnegut quote from MOTHER NIGHT:
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.
Reposted by David Avallone
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
Thinking about the Holy Therns, as one does on a quiet Tuesday night.
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Thinking about the Holy Therns, as one does on a quiet Tuesday night.
People have no idea how little it takes to move the needle a little bit for a writer. I didn’t know this, but it tracks with what I know.
Promote the Hell out of the things you love. The more obscure the better.
Promote the Hell out of the things you love. The more obscure the better.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
People have no idea how little it takes to move the needle a little bit for a writer. I didn’t know this, but it tracks with what I know.
Promote the Hell out of the things you love. The more obscure the better.
Promote the Hell out of the things you love. The more obscure the better.
This is a great article and related not-too-tangentially to what I posted the other day about “your favorite writers are all struggling to get by.”
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a great article and related not-too-tangentially to what I posted the other day about “your favorite writers are all struggling to get by.”
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
The easiest thing I have ever done in my life is not use ChatGPT.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The easiest thing I have ever done in my life is not use ChatGPT.
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All I'm sayin' is that we didn't bail out Ty when Beanie Babies crashed.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
All I'm sayin' is that we didn't bail out Ty when Beanie Babies crashed.
One Thanksgiving, my sister tried to make a baked ham. She went overboard on the cloves… and forgot the pineapple/sweetener glaze.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One Thanksgiving, my sister tried to make a baked ham. She went overboard on the cloves… and forgot the pineapple/sweetener glaze.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
Welcome, new followers! It’s not always Hollywood anecdotes and political rage. Sometimes it’s comic books and personal observations!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Free Patreon Newsletter! Bursting with information and recommendations and stuff to read and watch!
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
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And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
Week 24: Giving Thanks, and Paying It Forward | David Avallone
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November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Welcome, new followers! It’s not always Hollywood anecdotes and political rage. Sometimes it’s comic books and personal observations!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Thread about the new fun term everyone learned this week. Cutting edge linguist that I am, I learned it, to my horror, in the late eighties.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
I feel like I have to tell this story now.
I was producing a low budget movie, and Jane Lynch had a small part in it. We were shooting on a very hot day, with a crowd of extras, including children.
She said, “it’s so hot! I’m felching.”
I said, “no. No, Jane you are not doing that.”
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I was producing a low budget movie, and Jane Lynch had a small part in it. We were shooting on a very hot day, with a crowd of extras, including children.
She said, “it’s so hot! I’m felching.”
I said, “no. No, Jane you are not doing that.”
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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Thread about the new fun term everyone learned this week. Cutting edge linguist that I am, I learned it, to my horror, in the late eighties.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
I’m walking in here on my knees: a free man proposing, Charlie Brown.
(Howdy, Kurt.)
(Howdy, Kurt.)
We Thought You Was a Toad, Charlie Brown
Is it safe, Charlie Brown?
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’m walking in here on my knees: a free man proposing, Charlie Brown.
(Howdy, Kurt.)
(Howdy, Kurt.)
I’ve always felt like these “fans” were the answer to the question “What if QAnon had a Batman fetish?” Confirmed.
It is 2025 and comic book fascists still can’t let go of their embarrassing obsession with a failed cinematic universe. I don’t think they understand how hilarious they seem to normal people as a result.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’ve always felt like these “fans” were the answer to the question “What if QAnon had a Batman fetish?” Confirmed.